University of Worcester - Not to be sneezed at
A low-allergen garden at the Chelsea Flower Show will highlight the work of the University of Worcester's National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit. The garden is the creation of designer Olivia...
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University of Bolton - Eastern promise fulfilled
The first cohort of students has graduated from the University of Bolton's campus in the United Arab Emirates. The first graduation ceremony at the Ras al Khaimah campus was held on 19 February, with...
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Cardiff University - Welsh HE is willing and able
Wales' universities are ready to play a key role in the economic recovery if businesses are prepared to come forward and take advantage of their knowledge and research expertise. That was the message...
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Northumbria University - Distant partners move closer
An agreement has been struck to tighten the bonds between a British university and a Malaysian institution with the aim of educating Malaysian and Asia-Pacific healthcare professionals. The deal...
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Queen Mary/Warwick Business School - Clinical red tape puts UK at risk
Delays and inconsistencies in the approval process for clinical research could be forcing pharmaceutical companies to look abroad, damaging the UK economy. That is the conclusion of new research by...
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Northumbria University - Workplace briefing
A law firm has joined forces with Northumbria University Law School to develop a new course to train future lawyers on the job. The Solicitors Regulation Authority is attempting to widen access to...
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University of Sunderland - A higher take on the bottom line
Graduate employees of BT are enrolling for a new degree offered by the University of Sunderland to improve their sales skills. The MSc in applied sales management, which focuses on work-based...
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University of Sheffield - Cutting edge research
The mysterious world of the Freemasons is to come under scrutiny in a new journal launched by the University of Sheffield's Centre for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism. The first-ever peer-...
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University of Manchester - Turning couches into potatoes
Even old sofas can be composted, according to scientists at the University of Manchester. The researchers have been studying polyurethane plastics which are used to make products from furniture...
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Stick insect
This Asian weaver ant is carrying a 500mg weight in its jaws - 100 times its own bodyweight. The photograph was taken in the department of zoology at the University of Cambridge by a team...
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This is going to hurt: carbon cuts will bring the pain
Institutions warned to make 'urgent preparations' for energy efficiency scheme. Hannah Fearn reports
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Odds and quads
The Daläil al-khayrät - known in English as the Guide to Goodness or Proofs of Good Deeds - is a collection of prayers for the Prophet Muhammad.It includes a description of his tomb, his names and...
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Cell collection
This image may look like a celestial constellation, but in fact it is a collection of cells that would fit in a Petri dish.The heart muscle cells were grown from stem cells in a laboratory at...
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King's turns crisis study into business opportunity
Military historians' war-game technology leads to a business-forecasting spin-off. Hannah Fearn writes
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THE World University Rankings
Times Higher Education's World University Rankings have become something of a benchmark for governments and higher education experts worldwide.In his inaugural address last year as president of...